After the first shake-up of the college football season, the Southeastern Conference grabbed six of the top seven spots in the AP Top 25 — a first in the 88-year history of the rankings — and Notre Dame tumbled all the way to No. 18 on Sunday after being stunned...
Trump Threatens to Jail Political and Other Opponents
MOSINEE, Wis. — With just days to go before his first and likely only debate against Vice President Kamala Harris, former President Donald Trump posted a warning on his social media site threatening to jail those “involved in unscrupulous behavior” this election, which he said would be under intense scrutiny....
Merced Juvenile Shot Dead. Police Want Public’s Help to ID Suspect.
Authorities are investigating the shooting death of a juvenile male found early Sunday morning in Merced, according to the Merced Police Department. At approximately 5:50 a.m. on Monday morning, the Merced Police Department received a report of an unresponsive male in the 1800 block of West North Bear Creek Drive....
The Architect of California’s COVID Response Is Stepping Down
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s top health adviser during the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic plans to step down. The governor praised Dr. Mark Ghaly as the country’s “most transformative leader in the health space” in recent years after announcing that the secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency is leaving the...
Trump and Harris Neck and Neck After Summer Upheaval, Times/Siena Poll Finds
Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris enter the homestretch of the campaign in a tight race, and with their only scheduled debate looming Tuesday, Harris faces a sizable share of voters who still say they need to know more about her. Trump Has a Slight Lead Over...
With TV Drug Ads, What You See Is Not Necessarily What You Get
Triumphant music plays as cancer patients go camping, do some gardening, and watch fireworks in ads for Opdivo+Yervoy, a combination of immunotherapies to treat metastatic melanoma and lung cancer. Ads for Skyrizi, a medicine to treat plaque psoriasis and other illnesses, show patients snorkeling and riding bikes — flashing their...
Fresno Man Who Died in Solo Vehicle Crash Following Firearm Incident Identified
Jorge Gutierrez-Vasquez, 23, of Fresno, died early Friday morning after fleeing the scene of a reported disturbance involving a firearm and crashing his vehicle into a tree, authorities said in a news release. The Fresno area California Highway Patrol said it received a call about a single-vehicle collision near Sierra...
Valley Legislators Await the Fate of Bills on Gov. Newsom’s Desk
The beginning of the school year and the ever-so-slight changes in temperature aren't the only signs that fall is upon us. Indeed, with the close of summer, also comes the deluge of legislative bills awaiting gubernatorial review. Now that the regular session is over, the waiting game has begun for...
Tropical Storm Francine Forms Off Mexico and Is Expected to Hit Louisiana as a Hurricane
MIAMI — Tropical Storm Francine formed Monday off the coast of Mexico and was expected to drench the Texas coast with up to a foot (30 centimeters) of rain before coming ashore in Louisiana Wednesday night as a hurricane. "We're going to have a very dangerous situation developing by the...
Syria Says Israeli Strikes Kill 18 People in a Large-Scale Attack on Sites
MASYAF, Syria — The number of people killed in overnight Israeli strikes in Syria has risen to 18 with dozens more wounded, Syria's health minister said Monday — the largest death toll in such an attack since the beginning of the war in Gaza. One of the sites targeted was...